Homeschool Fair to be held

Published: Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 07:03 AM.

A growing interest in home-schooling has kept an annual event offered by the Onslow County Public Library a popular one.

A Homeschool Fair will be held from
10 a.m.
to
1 p.m.
Saturday at the main library in
Jacksonville
.

“We had 120 or so people stop by last year and it has been steady or grown each of the last four years,” said Terry Andrews, a library technical assistant who has been involving in organizing the program from its start.

Andrews said they see a good number of home-schooled students in the library and the growing interest in the educational choice is why they started the event.

During the informational open house, representatives will be on hand from businesses, organizations and support groups that serve families that home school.

A growing interest in home-schooling has kept an annual event offered by the Onslow County Public Library a popular one.

A Homeschool Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the main library in Jacksonville.

“We had 120 or so people stop by last year and it has been steady or grown each of the last four years,” said Terry Andrews, a library technical assistant who has been involving in organizing the program from its start.

Andrews said they see a good number of home-schooled students in the library and the growing interest in the educational choice is why they started the event.

During the informational open house, representatives will be on hand from businesses, organizations and support groups that serve families that home school.